Prince makes surprise appearance on 'The View'

His Royal Purpleness, Prince, stunned the cast and audience of The View on Thursday by making a surprise appearance on the ladies' gabfest. It sounded like a hoot, right up to the moment where one of the hosts professed her lifelong desire to have sex with him! Yeah, that'll happen ... when doves cry.

But first, the details. Whoopi Goldberg, who secretly arranged the surprise appearance, broke the news. "Oh my God — wait, wait, is that Prince?" Goldberg said as the musician walked on. Prince was there to promote some upcoming NYC shows and dropped off tickets for the cast.

"First of all, these are strange hours for a rock star," Prince said, according to an account by Rolling Stone (because you KNOW I would never be caught dead watching that show. Ever.)

Now the big moment according to RS: "View host Sherri Shepherd — who looked overwhelmed the entire time Prince sat next to her — first asked if she could keep his gloves and then said, 'You don't understand: I have wanted to make love to you for my whole life!' Prince responded, 'On that note ...' and quickly left the stage to hoots of laughter from the hosts and the audience."

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